JAPANESE COMPANION SWORD, WAKIZASHI, WITH MOUNTING, KOSHIRA-E
Estimate: £700 - £900
Auction: 12 March 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
松キ一郎款 脇差刀 帶鞘拵
blade with hammon, nakago (tang) with one hole, signed, the tsuka (hilt) covered in same (ray-skin) and bound in black tsukamaki wrapping in lozenge pattern with menuki (hilt grips), the tsuba with bird and flowers, in saya (scabbard)
Dimensions
the blade: 61cm long; mounted: 70cm long
Provenance
Private Scottish collection, Edinburgh; Inherited from current owner's father, purchased from Don Bayney in early 2000 (by repute).
蘇格蘭私人收藏,愛丁堡;繼承自現任藏家之父親,據傳千禧年初購自古董商Don Bayney。